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These web-pages are maintained as legacy pages for the MERLIN
array. The old MERLIN array has now been enhanced and upgraded to form
e-MERLIN resulting in a massive
increase in sensitivity and observational capbilities. As such the
traditional MERLIN system is
now not observing. e-MERLIN is however completely operational and open to
all scientist. Please see the e-MERLIN
webpages for further details of the
capabilities and opportunities to observe with e-MERLIN.

Welcome to the MERLIN homepage

MERLIN, operated by Jodrell Bank Observatory, is the
Multi-Element Radio Linked
Interferometer Network, an array of radio telescopes
distributed around Great Britain, with separations of up to 217km. It
operates at frequencies ranging from 151 MHz to 24 GHz. At 5GHz, the
resolution of MERLIN is better than 50 milliarcseconds, somewhat
greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope.

MERLIN is operated by the
University of Manchester as a National Facility of the Science and Technology Facilitie
s Council (STFC), and is available
for use on a peer-review basis, with observing proposals dealt with by
the Panel for Allocation of Telescope Time (PATT). The National Facility
also hosts Jodrell Bank Observatory's
VLBI participation, linking telescopes across Europe.